Sugar Lyn Beard Explained

Sugar Lyn Beard
Birth Name:Stephanie Lyn Beard
Birth Place:Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Years Active:1999–present

Stephanie Lyn Beard, better known by her stage name Sugar Lyn Beard, is a Canadian actress and radio personality. Her radio host persona uses the name "Suga BayBee", and as co-host of YTV's The Zone from 2001–2007, she was called "Sugar".

Early life

Beard was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her Suga BayBee was also a character on the Mad Dog and Billie morning show formerly aired on Toronto radio station KISS 92.5.[1] [2] Beard's squeaky-voiced character began appearing on KISS when Beard was 19 years old and otherwise working as a sales clerk.[3]

Career

Her voice in 2000 was most known as the voice of Sailor Mini Moon in the Cloverway adaptation of Sailor Moon.From June 2001 to January 26, 2007, Beard hosted and produced The Zone, a series of short interstitial segments that aired between regular weekday programming on the Canadian children's network YTV. Between 2002 and 2007, the programming block was hosted by both Beard and Carlos Bustamante, another long-time YTV host that was the host of The Zone from 2002-2018. She also hosted additional programs like Sugar & Avril: A Zone Special.[4] She and Bustamante hosted a weekly hour-long program, Plugged In, on the Corus Entertainment website boomboxbaby.ca.[5] She also had a column in the youth newspaper, Brand New Planet; it was distributed with subscriptions to the Toronto Star only.[6] In 2006, the Star put her on the long list for Children's Entertainment, when creating their Essentially Canadian Top 10 lists.[7]

Among her works, she played the role of Susan in the 2011 film 50/50[8] and the character Fiona in two episodes of season 6 of Weeds. She also played Krissy in the 2012 film For a Good Time, Call..., and Jeanie in the 2016 comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Wish BearVoice
2005data-sort-value="Care Bears' Big Wish Movie, The" The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie
2010True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. ...And Some That DidAmanda
Not Quite College Jessica
2011Stag Mary
DarlaLoud Mouth
50/50 Susan
2012For a Good Time, Call... Krissy
Living LoadedMaureen
2015Aloha Global One Volunteer
2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Jeanie
Sausage PartyBaby Carrots, CookiesVoice
2017Goodie Two-Shoes Girl
data-sort-value="Disaster Artist, The" The Disaster ArtistActress No. 2
Palm SwingsAllison Hughes
2018Game Over, Man! Herself
data-sort-value="Package, The" The PackageSheryl
2020Unpregnant Kate
Eat Wheaties!Carla Fisk

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Sailor MoonSerenity "Rini" Tsukino/Sailor Mini MoonVoice, 77 episodes (Cloverway dub)
data-sort-value="Red Green Show, The" The Red Green ShowKelly Cook3 episodes
2001PecolaCocoVoice
data-sort-value="Santa Claus Brothers, The" The Santa Claus BrothersAdditional Voices
2001–2007data-sort-value="Zone, The" The ZoneHerselfHost and producer
2002FranklinBetty BeaverVoice, episode: "Franklin and Betty"
Beyblade G-RevolutionMing MingVoice, 8 episodes
2003data-sort-value="Save-Ums!, The" The Save-Ums!Olena OctopusVoice
2003–2004data-sort-value="World of Piwi, The" The World of PiwiSunny, Brooklyn
2004CyberchaseCreechVoice, 4 episodes
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch FriendsSweetieVoice, episode: "Country Bug-Kin"
Kevin HillSanta's HelperVoice, episode: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
2005Atomic BettyCadetsVoice, 2 episodes
2005–2008Harry and His Bucket Full of DinosaursNancy the NanosaurusVoice, 7 episodes
2006Sons of ButcherBar GirlVoice, 3 episodes
Captain FlamingoKirstenVoice
2006–2009Di-Gata DefendersKaraVoice, 34 episodes
2009data-sort-value="Amazing Spiez!, The" The Amazing Spiez!TamiVoice, 52 episodes
King of the HillUnknownVoice, episode: "Uncool Customer"
2010WeedsFiona2 episodes
2012data-sort-value="Mindy Project, The" The Mindy ProjectClaireEpisode: "Hiring and Firing"
2013Ghost GhirlsBeckyEpisode: "Something Borrowed, Something Boo"
2014Garfunkel and OatesEpiphanyEpisode: "Rule 34"
2015You're the WorstJustineEpisode: "Born Dead"
2016, 2019Drunk HistoryCatharine Fox, Herself/Narrator2 episodes
2017–2018, 2023data-sort-value="Flash, The" The FlashBecky Sharpe / Hazard, Clifford DeVoe / Thinker (in Hazard's body)4 episodes
2022–presentSuper WishRonny Bobby Candle #4
2024Jeri Rice Voice

Radio

Notes and References

  1. News: Goddard. Peter. subscription . Listeners love morning KISS ; Mouse-like Suga BayBee radio voice for younger generation. July 9, 2012. Toronto Star. December 18, 2000.
  2. News: Barnard. Linda. Sundance 2012: For A Good Time Call, first look at raunchy comedy. July 9, 2012. Toronto Star. January 23, 2012.
  3. News: Pigg. Susan. Kiss and makeover ; Country music station CISS 92 changed to pop tunes overnight. https://archive.today/20130201102436/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/425665871.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+24,+2001&author=Susan+Pigg&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Kiss+and+makeover+;+Country+music+station+CISS+92+changed+to+pop+tunes+overnight. dead. February 1, 2013. subscription . July 9, 2012. Toronto Star. February 24, 2001.
  4. Web site: Country music Industry as plastic as its songs. https://archive.today/20130131155154/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/648302561.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04,+2003&author=JOEL+RUBINOFF&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&desc=Country+music+Industry+as+plastic+as+its+songs&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 24 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Your Name (this will appear with your post). Broadband Radio Booming, Baby | Mediacaster Magazine – Broadband & Content. Mediacaster Magazine. November 7, 2006. 24 January 2013.
  6. News: Sweet! Suga Baybee's in Brand New Planet (ad). Toronto Star. February 10, 2004. Toronto ON. E16.
  7. News: Essentially Canadian: Children's Entertainment. Toronto Star. June 22, 2006. Toronto ON.
  8. News: 50 e 50 – Recensione. Cusimano. Salvatore. Italian. April 17, 2012. July 9, 2012. ecodelcinema.